The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-14


face, but she seemed TO have command of
her grief. At this moment the
mourniul music OF dmge away
cOrtcge was on its way TO the grave. Down
Milwaukee avenue, between such multi
tudes on either side as never before gath
cred on these walks and pavcments, and ut
places thronged the tops OF the houses, the
procession marched, more slowly and more
solcmnly than on Friday, when the AN
archists went to the gallows. 1t took up
with somewhat similar scenes the body OF
Fisher, then Parsons, and altcrward Lingg
and Engel. With each there was great
accession TO the cortege, and as ii proceed
ed the masses OF on-lookeis became still
more dense. The line of march, il de-
Elected north as much us it was aftcrward
turned south, would have led almost into
the location OF the anarchist gallows, but
at the corner OF Desplaines street there was
quick change OF front, and the procession
seemed headed direct for the llaymarket.
HISTORIC CORNER.
The most striking view Of the procession
| today was obtained ut the corner OF Lake
and Desplaines street, for il brought so
| wildly 10 mind the scenes Of May !, 1886,
when the bomb was thrown. II was Just
| l:45 o'clock when the head of the line
reached the spot. At The corner is the
saloon and hall OF Charles Zepf the am
archiSt Ii was 10 this saloon that Parsons
/ took his vile and children after he had
| finished his speech at the lIaymarket, and
! where they sat when the bomb was thrown.
| Two hundred feet south of the corner was
the place where stood the wagon from
which Spies and his comrades delivered
their harangues and counscled the throt-
Ting of the law. And here, too, was the
| alley from which the kissing and fatal
bomb WAS hurled into the ranks Of the
| police. \ little further south is the spot
where the missile fell and did such awful
destruction. WAS il by accident or de
| sign that the parade wound around this
! historic cOrncr2" was q question
asked by hundreds. And the line OF
march took the army of sympathizes
directly past Greifs hall, in the basement
mcnt Of which group Of REDS" used to
! hold nightly conferences and instruct each
| other in the use OF dynamite, and practice
/ the manual of arms. At the hour above
mentioned the first line OF men could be
seen crossing the DesDlaincs street vaduct
where, in 1873, a bloody fight took place
! between the police and the railroad
| strikers. There was no advance guard of
police. Chief Marshal Charles llepp, with
! two aids, led the way. They wore no red,
but simple black clothes and Grape on their
/ arms. Then came a brilliantly dressed
corps Of musicians, dressed in the colors Of
| the German army, and on their heads
| spiked helmets. II was a strange scene.
! The band master carried q sword in his
hand, and bore u striking resemblance To
! King William OF Prussia. As this band
passed Iepfs hall, which was open and
filled with drinking men, il struck up a
dirgc, rs did, in fact, every other band in
the procession. and there were nj least III.
teen of them. Following the first corps oi
musicians walked
THE DEFENSE COMMITTEE,
the men who had charge Of collecting
the funds with which IL was hoped 10 save
the reds from their fate. tlcorgc Schiliaq
lei the committee, and carried in his
hands floral tribute. Following them
marched eight abreast nearly 200 member,
Of the Aurora Turn Ncrcin, Of which An.
gust Spies was member The whole
society was not out rs many members ar,
not in sympathy with anarchy. -Four
hundred ct the NOrwacfts Turner society
came next, wearing red badges on thcil
breasts. This branch Of the Turner's 4
more strongly tincturcd with socialism
I than any in the city One hundred oi the
Nonchrcitt branch came next, and then
followed the feature OF the procession. II
was the hcarc Of August Spies. Their
were no nolding black plumcs on Il, hui
the top was 80 covered with floral tributc'
that nothing else could he seen. lnsid,
was the richly covered caskct. Standing
ont ia bold relief against the black
broadcl0th oi the collin was thrown
great sash oi red silk. u
was all the morc striking because no flow
cr- lad been placed inside Ia interfere viii
the idea of having Spies beloved colon
shown 81 the public even after his death
The crowds on the street corners crane,
their ncck- TO get glimpse 0i this, th,
most imposing oi al the hcan-cs IN ia,
pageant. Then another band wheeled in
Ia Lake street playing dirgr. II was IL
b front oi many hundred members Ul thI
Central labor union, the members q
which ar among the most extreme social
lists oi the city, Behind them walked th
black horse, which drew the hcanc u
which Law the coffin oi Adolph Fischer j,
who yelled, "lluuh for anarchy at tn
, moment lac was hanged. Ills hcar-o ha'
/. not ~ many flowers on il as lid that Of III
! comradc spies. bui there were enough 4
show that. although hc was q poor man
. vet his fellow socialists hal not failed &
remember him. Hut for some reason ~
, red silk emblem Of his faith had bccl
r thrown across the caskct in which Wcr
his remains. Then came the
ruNERNL cNRRIAGg 90 A. ". PARSONS.
2 ON the box by the driver sat q man holt
! ing IN his hands floral emblem oi sue
. immense sizc that the inscription Of flow
= crs From n. NJ L. Assembly l,J1
4 could be- seen one hundred feet ava,
+ This i the assembly Ia which Paror
4 belonged until il was kicked out Of the d
4 der for H. adherence to the cause ot Ill
v anarchists. For the reason that this VI
9 the only floral piece on or IN the hcan-c
= attracted all the more attention. The
= there was another little thing abol
4 Parsons coffin. Instead of a great stsli I
g red thrown across II, there WIS a simp
u strip OF rel silk ribbon, which irailc
Is cnrulcssly from the head Of the caskct
3. almost the center, and was then strur
p, along tie floor Of the hcarsc until II wOun
D. itself into little heap at the foot.
= ut Is suggestive Of a serpent, was u
p remark Of an onlookcr. Then along can
f. another escort OF the Central labor unio
|. butchers aud bakers and Representative
n Othll sorts Of trades. Behind these We
10 drawn the hcanscs Of George Engcl ~
3. Louis Ling, the suicide. They We
Ii friends in lie and lived together, anil
Of the funeral pageant were placed IN clio
70 proximity. Over both the black COLI
&c were the inevitable red banners und
re which the men had fought. Several flor
pieces were carried behind by sialwl
men. All through this, which may
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